Adoption Controversy

Elipand, Archbishop of Toledo, and Felix, Bishop of Urgel,
maintained that Jesus Christ in his human nature was the son of
God by adoption only (Rom. viii. 29), though in his pre-existing
state he was the “begotten Son of God” in the ordinary catholic
acceptation. Duns Scotus, Durandus, Calixtus, and others supported this
view.